2016 Taiwanese general election

2016 Taiwanese general election

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Turnout66.27% (Decrease8.11pp)
 
Nominee Tsai Ing-wen Eric Chu James Soong
Party DPP Kuomintang People First
Running mate Chen Chien-jen Wang Ju-hsuan Hsu Hsin-ying
Popular vote 6,894,744 3,813,365 1,576,861
Percentage 56.12% 31.04% 12.84%

President before election

Ma Ying-jeou
Kuomintang

Elected President

Tsai Ing-wen
DPP

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All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan
57 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.25% (Decrease 8.08 pp, party-list)
66.34% (Decrease 8.13 pp, constituency)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
DPP Tsai Ing-wen 44.06 68 +28
Kuomintang Eric Chu 26.91 35 −29
People First James Soong 6.52 3 0
NPP Huang Kuo-chang 6.11 5 New
NPSU Lin Pin-kuan 0.64 1 −1
Independent 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the Legislative Yuan before President of the Legislative Yuan after
Wang Jin-pyng
Kuomintang
Su Jia-chyuan
DPP

General elections were held in Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, on Saturday, 16 January 2016 to elect the 14th President and Vice President of the Republic of China, and all 113 members of the ninth Legislative Yuan:[1]

  1. ^ "Presidential, legislative elections set for Jan. 16, 2016". focustaiwan.tw. The Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 March 2015.